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01-22-2009, 02:41 AM
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Jan 22, 2009: Cantilevered Bridge
This is about the strangest bridge I could imagine. Actually I wouldn't have imagined it, or even believed it before I saw the pictures.
 It's pretty simple and really rather ingenious, using a minimum of materials and minimum footprint on valuable land.  This bridge is in Leeuwarden, Netherlands... it looks like something York would build for his daughter.  Link
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01-22-2009, 04:06 AM
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Master Dwellar
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Wonder if it could be super powered. Bet it could really launch those cars high.
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01-22-2009, 08:40 AM
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01-22-2009, 06:01 AM
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Professor
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They should've added a big head on it.
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01-22-2009, 06:15 AM
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still says videotape
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Very very cool.
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01-22-2009, 07:44 AM
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I got nothing
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Pretty cool...even if it does look like a giant spatula.
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01-22-2009, 08:06 AM
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Blatantly Homosapien
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The skys look threatening. Hope everybody has their tops up.
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01-22-2009, 11:10 AM
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perfesionul spel cheker
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..or something Wile E. Coyote would order from Acme.
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01-22-2009, 03:38 PM
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Rapscallion
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Location: The Netherlands
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That's funny; I regularly drive over that bridge! If you are used to it, it's not that special; but looking at the pictures it's actually pretty cool.
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01-22-2009, 03:47 PM
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Rapscallion
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By the way; the sky is typical dutch... a 'hollandse lucht' (almost always dark and threatening) (http://www.dutchlight.nl/www/html/eng/film/home.htm)
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01-22-2009, 03:47 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Well hello Linnepin! Welcome.
The Netherlands is (are?) one of my dream vacations! OK, Holland is one of my dream vacations.
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01-22-2009, 04:09 PM
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Rapscallion
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Hello!
'Nederland' is flat, has a sea-climate (wich explanes the threatening skies and lot's of rain :-( ) But is also a lot more than windmills, wooden shoes, smoking pot (amsterdam); it has a rich history and beautiful landscapes and old cities. |
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01-22-2009, 04:11 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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That's why i want to go. Plus, I'm a huge fan of Van Gogh, and would like to go to the museum.
I've heard wonderful things, and think I would love it there. Oh, and I love rain...so I also have that!
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01-22-2009, 06:05 PM
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That bridge just looks so... polite. I'd want to hang a towel over one of its arms. How many yards of terry would that be?
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01-22-2009, 06:06 PM
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Blatantly Homosapien
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Welcome, Linnepin!
I'd like to visit your country also. Enjoy the Cellar.
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